Difficult to empathise with characters

Rating: 3/10 (26 August 2013)

I have to confess that I was bowled over by Pan's Labyrinth, so was looking forward to Guillermo del Toro's latest film.
Overall the film was very disappointing. I have seen another review that raves about the film being exciting from the start to the end. I can kind of see where the reviewer is coming from as the film is pretty much action all the way through. The downside to that though is that there is very little in terms of character development. The characters and plot play second fiddle to the action. You really don't care who lives and who dies because you have no insight or feeling towards any of the characters. This film is very much for the adrenalin junkies and if that's you you'll love it.